Defending champion
Tímea Babos
Tímea Babos (; born 10 May 1993) is a Hungarian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
She is a four-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2018 and 2020 Australian Opens, as well as the Fren ...
and her partner
Kristina Mladenovic
Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (; sr, Кристина "Кики" Младеновић, Kristina "Kiki" Mladenović, ; born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles.
She is a nine-time Grand Slam c ...
defeated
Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 28 February 2022, and on 22 October 2018, she became world No. 1 in doubles.
Krejčíková ...
and
Kateřina Siniaková
Kateřina Siniaková (; ; born 10 May 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player who is the current world No. 1 in doubles.
She is a six-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2018 and 2021 French Opens, 2018 and 2022 Wimbledo ...
in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2018 WTA Finals.
Babos and
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (née Hlaváčková; ; born 10 August 1986) is a Czech retired professional tennis player.
She is a three-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2011 French Open and 2013 US Open in women's doubles a ...
were the reigning champions, but did not qualify together this year. Sestini Hlaváčková partnered
Barbora Strýcová
Barbora Strýcová (; born 28 March 1986), formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles.
She won her first Grand Slam title at the 2019 Wimbledon Champions ...
, but was defeated in the semifinals by Krejčíková and Siniaková.
Krejčiková and Siniaková secured the joint-year-end
world No. 1 ranking by reaching the final. Babos and Mladenovic, alongside Strýcová, were also in contention for the year-end top ranking.
Seeds
Draw
Draw
References
Main Draw
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2018 Doubles
*Finals